Primordial Era: Innate gourd vine, self-dismemberment

Just as the Twelve Ancestral Witches left the Pangu Temple and, as Jiufeng had instructed, went to various parts of the primordial world to sort out the earth's veins, absorb innate evil energy and turbid earth energy, and earn merit.

The Sun Star, the Temple of the Sun God.

"Boom!" Di Jun suddenly opened his eyes, and the incredibly terrifying true fire of the sun surged forth.

If he hadn't been located at the Sun God Temple on the Sun Star, this incredibly terrifying true solar fire would have surely burned an area of ​​billions of miles into nothingness.

"Strange, why do I suddenly have a bad feeling? Is someone plotting against me? Who is plotting against me? That fool Dongwanggong, or those barbarians of the Wu tribe?" Di Jun muttered to himself.

With doubts in his heart, Di Jun had a thought, and the Hetu Luoshu appeared. As the scroll was unfurled, it displayed all the mountains, rivers and rivers of the primordial world before his eyes.

Under Di Jun's urging, the Hetu Luoshu emitted a profound and mysterious Daoist intent, with countless Daoist runes flashing and endless scenes surging, all of which were deducing the secrets of heaven.

After much deduction, Di Jun frowned slightly: "I couldn't deduce that it wasn't the Eastern King Duke and the Twelve Ancestral Witches. Is it that no one is plotting against me? Or is it that the person plotting against me has a cultivation level far exceeding mine?"

Instantly, several figures flashed through Di Jun's mind: the Three Pure Ones, Yuan Yan, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, Yuan Ling, Nuwa and Fuxi, Jie Yin...

However, Di Jun shook his head slightly, not believing that they would scheme against him for no reason.

Although he and Taiyi had competed with them for treasures, those treasures were not of high quality, and they were usually at a disadvantage. Therefore, those people would not scheme against him because of this.

Moreover, when he thought of them, he felt no ripples in his heart, no sensation, no sudden impulse, so it shouldn't be them.

After pondering and deducing for a long time, Di Jun still couldn't figure out the source of his bad premonition. That bad premonition was fleeting, and he could only give it up for the time being.

At this moment, Di Jun pondered for a moment, but did not leave his seclusion. Instead, he continued his closed-door cultivation, further comprehending and digesting the content he had heard at Zixiao Palace.

Although my progress in cultivation is not as fast as when I was listening to the teachings at Zixiao Palace, it is still much faster than usual.

He had a premonition that as long as he digested the gains from listening to the Dao at Zixiao Palace, he would be able to break through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal Perfection in less than thirty Yuanhui, and at most two hundred Yuanhui, he would be able to break through to the twelfth level of the Great Luo Golden Immortal.

In the primordial world, strength reigns supreme. If his cultivation and strength are sufficient, he will naturally not fear any schemes. In the face of absolute power, everything is illusory.

Meanwhile, all the guests in the Zixiao Palace, except for the Twelve Ancestral Witches, including the Three Pure Ones, the Four Yuan Yans, Nuwa and Fuxi, Di Jun and Taiyi, tacitly went into seclusion to cultivate and digest the content of the teachings they heard in the Zixiao Palace, in order to enhance their cultivation and strength.

The once vibrant and diverse world of primordial civilization suddenly fell silent.

However, it is foreseeable that this is just the calm before the storm.

Once the three thousand guests from Zixiao Palace emerge from seclusion and their cultivation greatly advances, they will surely stir up endless waves in the primordial world.

Time flies, and another hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Yingzhou Immortal Island, the Three Lights Divine Water Pool!

"Buzz!" A phantom image of the Eight Trigrams illuminated the heavens and earth. These Eight Trigrams were formed by superimposing Yin and Yang lines three times, with the ordinal numbers being Qian 1, Dui 2, Li 3, Zhen 4, Xun 5, Kan 6, Gen 7, and Kun 8.

The eight trigrams—Qian (☰) representing Heaven, Kun (☷) representing Earth, Zhen (☳) representing Thunder, Xun (☴) representing Wind, Kan (☵) representing Water, Li (☲) representing Fire, Gen (☶) representing Mountain, and Dui (☱) representing Lake—devolve and simulate the natural phenomena of Heaven and Earth, seemingly containing all the mysteries of the universe.

As the Eight Trigrams evolved, Fuxi, sitting cross-legged on the Nine-Rank Pure World White Lotus, also saw his Dao energy continuously rise.

Three flowers appeared on his head. The three flowers, which originally had eleven petals each, continued to bloom. The illusory image of the twelfth petal appeared and quickly solidified.

As the twelfth grade of the Three Flowers solidified and gathered at the top of his head, Fuxi's cultivation level officially reached the twelfth level of the Great Luo Golden Immortal.

After a while, the surging aura around Fuxi subsided, the strange phenomena in the world dissipated, and everything returned to calm. He opened his eyes, his gaze deep and filled with wisdom that understood the mysteries of the world.

Fuxi slowly rose and with a wave of his hand, dispelled the array barrier in front of him.

In an instant, Yuan Yan, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, Yuan Ling, and Nuwa appeared simultaneously.

"Thank you, my four elder brothers!" Fuxi bowed respectfully, his heart filled with unspeakable joy and gratitude, though he did not show it on his face.

Only at this moment did he truly realize that he had found his own path, which should not be based on divination of heavenly secrets, but on the Eight Trigrams.

Yes, that's right. Fuxi's Dao has evolved from the deduction of heavenly secrets into the Eight Trigrams.

One's own path is not immutable.

Ultimately, what is the way of oneself? Isn't it simply a living being's understanding of everything in the world?

Once one's understanding and beliefs about the world change, one's own path will naturally change as well.

This is similar to the Buddhist concept in the original trajectory of destiny, where one can become a Buddha in one thought and a demon in another.

Just like Houtu in the original trajectory of fate, her original path was the path of earth, but after she transformed into the path of reincarnation, her path became the path of reincarnation.

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The reason why Fuxi behaved this way was because he benefited greatly from transforming and elevating his celestial deductions into the Eight Trigrams Dao.

This not only made up for his weakness in combat power among top-tier innate saints of the same level, but also made his path to enlightenment broader and brighter. For him, this was almost no less than the grace of attaining enlightenment.

His ability to comprehend the Dao and transform his own Dao into the Great Dao of the Eight Trigrams is inseparable from the Eight Trigrams concept expounded by Yuan Yan and the other three during their discussions on the Dao forty or fifty years ago.

"Why should we, as brothers, express our gratitude?" Yuan Yan smiled slightly and continued, "Your insight into our discussions is a testament to your exceptional talent."

Yuan Yan's words were not flattery, nor were they meant to save face for Fuxi; they were simply the truth.

Fuxi was able to transform and elevate his Great Dao into the Great Dao of the Eight Trigrams, although this was inseparable from the Eight Trigrams concept specifically explained by Yuan Yan and others.

However, Yuan Yan, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling did not specialize in the Eight Trigrams Dao, and their understanding of the Eight Trigrams Dao was not very deep. The concepts they expounded could only be considered an introduction at best.

If it were anyone else, even if they listened to Yuan Yan and the other three's understanding of the Eight Trigrams Great Dao, they would not have been able to transform and elevate their own Great Dao into the Eight Trigrams Great Dao, let alone fall into the state of enlightenment, break through the bottleneck, and advance from the eleventh level of the Great Luo Golden Immortal to the twelfth level.

Fuxi smiled gently upon hearing this, but said nothing more. Given their relationship, there was no need for further words. However, he would keep it firmly in mind and demonstrate his attitude through his actions.

"By the way, elder brother, why did you suddenly come out of seclusion? Are you going to continue your seclusion?" Nuwa suddenly asked.